Kaatelal & Sons
Kaatelal & Sons is an Indian television series that aired on Sony SAB from 16 November 2020 to 27 August 2021.[1] Produced by Contiloe Entertainment, it starred Megha Chakraborty, Jiya Shankar, Ashok Lokhande, Sachin Chaudhary, Sahil Phull and Vinay Rohrra.[2][3]
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Genre | Comedy |
Created by | Abhimanyu Singh |
Written by | Mohinder Pratap Singh |
Screenplay by | Sweksha Bhagat |
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Directed by | Ravi Bhushan Ranjan Singh Kumar |
Creative director | Dixit Kaul |
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Opening theme | Re Choria Kadak Hain Dil Mein Dhadak Hain |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Hindi |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 202 |
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Producers | Abhimanyu Singh Roopali Singh |
Cinematography | Sandeep Yadav Mohsin Khan |
Editor | Satya Sharma |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 21-25 minutes |
Production company | Contiloe Entertainment |
Distributor | Sony Pictures Networks |
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Original network | Sony SAB |
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Audio format | Dolby Digital |
Original release | 16 November 2020 - 27 August 2021 |
Plot Summary
The plot initially focused on twin sisters Garima and Susheela, who fight against patriarchal traditions to run the family's ancestral salon called Kaatelal & Sons by disguising themselves as Gunnu-Sattu when their father had an accident. They soon realise that their passion was the saloon.
When they face the same norms of patricarchy from their in-laws, they again successfully change the society's and their in-laws' mentality with the help of their husbands Agni Rajawat (Garima's husband), Madhav Solanki (Susheela's husband), and their cousin Puttu.
Cast
Main
- Megha Chakraborty as Garima "Gunnu" Kaatelal Ruhail Rajawat – Dharampal and Kusum's elder daughter; Susheela's twin sister; Agni's wife. (2020–2021)
- Jiya Shankar as Susheela "Sattu" Kaatelal Ruhail Solanki – Dharampal and Kusum's younger daughter; Garima's twin sister; Pramod's ex-fiancée; Madhav's wife. (2020–2021)
- Vinay Rohrra as Madhav "Maddy" Solanki – Balraj's adopted son; Om's adopted brother; Susheela's husband. (2021)
- Sahil Phull as S.H.O Agni Rajawat – Komal's son; Paavni's brother; Garima's husband. (2021)
- Ashok Lokhande as Dharampal Kaatelal Ruhail – Shishupal's brother; Kusum's husband; Garima and Susheela's father. (2020–2021)
- Sachin Chaudhary as Putrapaal "Puttu" Kaatelal Ruhail – Shishupal and Chanchal's son; Garima, Susheela and Ritu's cousin; Paavni's love interest. (2020–2021)
Recurring
- Hemaakshi Ujjain as Kusum Kaatelal Ruhail – Dharmpal's wife; Garima and Susheela's mother. (2020–2021)
- Swati Tarar as Chanchal "Chatur" Kaatelal Ruhail – Ghanshyam's sister; Shishupal's wife; Putrapaal's mother. (2020-2021)
- Manoj Goyal as Shishupal Kaatelal Ruhail – Dharampal's brother; Chanchal's husband; Putrapaal's father. (2020–2021)
- Meena Mir as Komal Devi Rajawat – Agni and Paavni's mother. (2021)
- Prerna Thakur as Paavni Rajawat – Komal's daughter; Agni's sister; Putrapaal's love interest(2021)
- Pankaj Berry as Balraj Solanki – Omi's father; Madhav's adoptive father. (2021)
- Sydharth Jeet Singh as Omi Solanki – Balraj's son; Madhav's adoptive brother. (2021)
- Ankit Mohan as Vikram – Jagat's namesake brother; Garima's former love-interest; Gunnu's best friend; Priyanka's boyfriend (2020–2021).
- Deepak Tokas as Jagat Seth PhD – Dharampal's rival; Vikram's namesake brother. (2020–2021)
- Manav Soneji[1] as Phitkari – A helper in Kaatelal & Sons. (2020–2021).
- Paras Arora as Dr. Pramod Chautala – Meenakshi and Jai's son; Susheela's ex-fiancé. (2020–2021)
- Karuna Verma as CMO Dr. Meenakshi "Mini" Chautala – Jai's wife; Pramod's mother. (2020–2021)
- Hans Dev Sharma as Dr. Jai Chautala – Meenakshi's husband; Pramod's father. (2020–2021)
- Sanjeev Satija as Chunni – Dharampal, Avatar and Lallan's friend. (2020-2021)
- Sandeep Sharma as Satyapal – Chuni and Dharmpal's friend. (2021)
- Mukesh Chandel as Lallan – Dharampal, Chunni and Avatar's friend. (2020–2021)
- Naman Arora as Ompal (2020–2021)
- Prashanth Goswami as Satbeer (2020–2021)
- Alice Kaushik as Priyanka Chautala – Garima and Susheela's friend; Vikram's girlfriend (2020-2021)
- Thakur Rajveer Singh as Bhagwan Das – A thief (2021)
- Jayant Raval as Ghanshyam – Chanchal's brother; Ritu's father (2021)
- Simran Arora as Ritu – Ghanshyam's daughter; Putrapaal's cousin. (2021)
- Sapan Gulati as Shekhar – Ritu's fiancé (2021)
- Vedika Bhandari as Lily – Pramod's fake wife sent by Meenakshi[4] (2021)
- Radhika Chabbra as Billy Cat – Kitkot famous girl with modern thoughts; first female customers of Kaatelal & Sons (2020-2021)
Production
Casting
Megha Chakraborty and Jiya Shankar were cast to play Garima and Susheela respectively. Alongside them Ankit Mohan and Paras Arora was cast to play their love interest. While in February Mohan[5] made an exit making Sahil Phull entering the parallel lead.[6] In July even Arora left the show making Vinay Rohra enter the show as the new lead.
Development
The series was announced by Contiloe Pictures Private Ltd and was confirmed in September 2020 by Sony SAB. The first promo of the series was released on 6 October 2020.[7] The series went off air on 27 August 2021.
References
- "Kaatelal & Sons fame Manav Soneji: It's very heartbreaking that all of a sudden you know the show is going off-air". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- "Kaatelal & Sons: Megha Chakraborty and Jiya Shankar get candid about transforming into boys - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- Service, Tribune News. "Ashok Lokhande talks about his role in the show Kaatelal & Sons". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- "Kaatelal & Sons: Vedika Bhandari's entry as Lily raise doubts about Dr Pramod being married with a wife and son - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- "Exclusive! Ankit Mohan reveals why he quit Kaatelal & Sons - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- "Sahil Phull to enter Kaatelal & Sons as Agni, says 'Excited to inspire people towards ungendering their dreams' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- "Kaatelaal & Sons | Starts 16th Nov, 7:30pm". Sony Sab. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2021 – via Youtube.